UP Haj Yatri 2023: About 25000 people of Uttar Pradesh will go on Haj pilgrimage this time. Of these, about 13,000 Haj pilgrims from Lucknow are included. Apart from this, about 12000 people will go to perform Haj from Delhi. The first flight will take off from Lucknow airport on May 21 at 12:00 noon. Haj pilgrims will be sent by bus from Haj House at 8:00 am. Last year, due to Covid-19, only fewer people had performed Haj. This time a large number of people are leaving for Haj pilgrimage.
All arrangements have been completed for the Haj pilgrims. On Friday, Lucknow District Officer Suryapal Gangwar reached the Haj House and took stock of the arrangements. Vaccination has been arranged in the Haj House. Apart from this, arrangement of AC room has been made for the stay of Haj pilgrims.
This time 20 lakh people will perform Haj
Please tell that this time children below 12 years of age will not be able to go on Haj pilgrimage. The Saudi Arabian government had banned the Haj pilgrimage of children below the age of 12 years. This decision was taken for security reasons. For this, the government had issued a new guideline. There was no age limit in the guidelines issued earlier. According to the officials of Saudi Arabia, about 20 lakh people will perform Haj in the Haj pilgrimage starting from May 21 this year. 1,75,025 pilgrims are going to perform Haj from India. At the same time, more than 4000 women will go to perform Haj without Mahram (Guardian).
Hajj is obligatory for these people
According to Islamic beliefs, every physically and financially capable Muslim has been told to perform Hajj at least once in his life. Every year Muslims from all over the world reach Mecca in Saudi Arabia for Haj. Hajj takes five days and ends with Eid ul Azha or Bakrid. In Islam, apart from Hajj, Kalma, Roza Namaz and Zakat are obligatory.
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